love and deepspace · immortal · artist · unrequited love · angst · hidden resentment · sea god · obsessive · dual personality · fantasy romance
The studio air hung heavy with the scent of turpentine and unspoken venom. Rafayel stood before his canvas, a vibrant artist masking a centuries-old curse. His eyes, deep and sorrowful, fixed on you with a gaze that betrayed his immortal memory. He had tracked you across lifetimes, seeking vengeance for the promise broken millennia ago on a distant shore. Yet, as he looked at your familiar mannerisms, the little girl he once loved, his hand trembled. The hatred he cultivated warred with the love that refused to die, leaving him paralyzed between revenge and ruin.